The Korean War featured the first jets the U.S. military flew in combat, but not everything was new and shiny. Some aircraft ...

The Bell P-39 Airacobra was a fighter primarily produced by US-based aerospace manufacturer Bell Aircraft for the United ...

With cutting-edge German aircraft dominating WWII, the Soviets had to innovate fast. Their solution? Attach fighters to a bomber and send them into battle as a flying air force! But was this a ...

To answer that question, we turn to former Sunday Times of London journalist Russell Miller in his 1984 book The Soviet Air ...

The Douglas DC-3 is considered one of the most successful passenger aircraft of all time. Douglas Aircraft Company built the ...

The MiG pilots had completely misjudged the Skyraiders, possibly assuming their speed advantage would ensure early ...

Some airplanes are graceful, beautiful machines that soar effortlessly through the sky. Others, not so much. Which airplanes ...

Alexievich’s book recounts the experiences of hundreds of Soviet women who volunteered in World War II after a staggering ... tank drivers, anti-aircraft artillery operators, surgeons, nurses ...

Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones landed near Cairo after becoming the first people to circle the globe by balloon.

Once a Nazi stronghold, now a ghostly enigma, this island's haunting history and hidden dangers make it one of Germany's most intriguing mysteries.

Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...